Thanks, John, My interest in category theory is for the insight it might provide in understanding such biological concepts as adaptation (in the design sense), intentionality, epigenisis, function, regulation, taxanomic relations, etc where, it seems to me, very complex, multilevel, partial mappings are involved and we need some way to trace the thread of causality (whatever THAT is) through very complex webs of co-incidence. .
Given that I will probably never really DO math in my remaining life, one has to wonder how a MATHEMATICAL idea can give satisfaction to a non-mathematician. I would be equally to learn that it can OR that it cannot. I guess we will see. Nick Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology, Clark University ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
